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Kensuke Tanabe
is a Japanese video game producer and designer working for Nintendo, where he currently is Senior Officer at Nintendo EPD. After he had graduated from the Visual Concept Planning Department of Osaka University of Arts, he decided to enter the video game industry, and joined Nintendo in April 1986. At first, Tanabe was part of the Entertainment Analysis and Development division. He directed the platform games '' Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and '' Super Mario Bros. 2'', and worked on the scripts for the action-adventures '' The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'' and '' The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''. In 2003, Tanabe moved to the Software Planning and Development division, where he became the manager of Production Group No. 3. Since then, he has become a producer, and has managed and overseen the development of externally developed first party Nintendo video games, such as '' Metroid Prime'', '' Donkey Kong Country'', ''Paper Mario ''Paper Mario'' is a vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E3 2013
The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013 (E3 2013) was the 19th E3 held. The event took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, with many press conferences taking place at nearby venues including the Microsoft Theater, Nokia Theater, Galen Center, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. It began on June 11, 2013, and ended on June 13, 2013, with 48,200 total attendees. The main highlights included details of two major next-generation consoles, Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4, as well as Nintendo's unveilings of ''Super Mario 3D World'', ''Mario Kart 8'', and ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U''. Press conferences Konami, Microsoft Studios, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony all hosted press conferences during the conference. However, Nintendo took a different approach by holding no traditional press conference. Instead, Nintendo held "a few smaller events that are specifically foc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Link To The Past
is a 1991 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the third game in ''The Legend of Zelda'' series and was released in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in North America and Europe. The story is set many years before the events of the first two ''Zelda'' games. The player assumes the role of Link as he journeys to save Hyrule, defeat the demon king Ganon, and rescue the descendants of the Seven Sages. It returns to a top-down perspective similar to the original ''The Legend of Zelda'', dropping the side-scrolling gameplay of '' Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''. It introduced series staples such as parallel worlds and items including the Master Sword. ''A Link to the Past'' is considered among the greatest video games ever made, with particular praise for its presentation and innovative gameplay. It was ported to the Game Boy Advance as '' A Link to the Past and Four Swords'' in 2002, and sold 6.5 million copies across b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows Of The Empire
''Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire'' is a 1996 multimedia project created by Lucasfilm. The idea was to create a story set between the films ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi'', and to explore all commercial possibilities of a full motion picture release without actually making a film. The venture was intended to reinvigorate interest in the franchise ahead of the theatrical Special Editions of the ''Star Wars'' trilogy released the following year. Several products were released, including a novel, a junior novelization, a comic book series, a video game, a soundtrack, trading cards, role-playing games, posters, model kits, Micro Machines toys, statuettes, vinyl dolls, and a series of action figures and vehicles. The story introduces Rebel ally Dash Rendar, who aids the heroes in their attempt to liberate the frozen Han Solo from bounty hunter Boba Fett. Meanwhile, Darth Vader continues the search for his son, Luke Skywalker, whom crime lord Prince Xizor atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |